# Global fertiliser market spike a challenge for local growers | The Land | NSW

> Fertiliser prices rose sharply from mid-January 2021, with US Gulf DAP up 36% year to date. The rally was driven by demand from farmers restocking nutrients and by supply constraints, including a US Commerce countervailing duty on phosphate imports. Prices are expected to ease by the end of the second quarter as Northern Hemisphere demand slows.

- Date: 2021-02-18 · published 2021-02-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/12871-global-fertiliser-market-spike-a-challenge-for-local-growers-the-land-nsw
- Commodities: [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md), [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md)

## Why it matters

Higher phosphate and nitrogen costs raise input expenses for grain and feed producers, while import duties tighten North American supply and keep phosphate prices elevated.

## Read by commodity

- DAP: bullish ▲
- UREA: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DAP | 2024-11-19 | [Mixed bag for fertiliser prices \| Global perspective \| The Land \| NSW](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27322-mixed-bag-for-fertiliser-prices-global-perspective-the-land-nsw.md) | 0.0% | -1.2% |
| DAP | 2025-08-01 | [US fresh trade tariffs set challenges for the global fertilizers industry \| S&P Global](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23261-us-fresh-trade-tariffs-set-challenges-for-the-global-fertilizers-industry-s-and.md) | +8.3% | +8.2% |
| DAP | 2025-09-06 | [India navigating a shifting landscape: The impact of US tariffs on the global fertiliser market - The HinduBusinessLine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22780-india-navigating-a-shifting-landscape-the-impact-of-us-tariffs-on-the-global.md) | -0.3% | -3.5% |
| DAP | 2021-08-05 | [Fertiliser shortage looms as global prices skyrocket \| Business News - The Indian Express](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45883-fertiliser-shortage-looms-as-global-prices-skyrocket-business-news-the-indian.md) | 0.0% | +4.4% |
| DAP | 2021-01-11 | [Morocco – US: Fertiliser giant OCP faces challenges in North America](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49084-morocco-us-fertiliser-giant-ocp-faces-challenges-in-north-america.md) | +1.0% | +38.4% |
| UREA | 2025-08-01 | [US fresh trade tariffs set challenges for the global fertilizers industry \| S&P Global](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23261-us-fresh-trade-tariffs-set-challenges-for-the-global-fertilizers-industry-s-and.md) | +3.0% | +0.3% |
| UREA | 2025-09-06 | [India navigating a shifting landscape: The impact of US tariffs on the global fertiliser market - The HinduBusinessLine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22780-india-navigating-a-shifting-landscape-the-impact-of-us-tariffs-on-the-global.md) | -0.4% | -5.4% |
| UREA | 2021-08-05 | [Fertiliser shortage looms as global prices skyrocket \| Business News - The Indian Express](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45883-fertiliser-shortage-looms-as-global-prices-skyrocket-business-news-the-indian.md) | +1.4% | +8.5% |

## Sources

- theland.com.au: https://www.theland.com.au/story/7129933/hopes-mount-for-a-reprieve-in-high-nutrient-prices-by-the-time-2021-seeding-starts/

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